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Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records

ID: 90d08e0e-583f-5036-b725-21ae7991dbf6

STIX ID: report--90d08e0e-583f-5036-b725-21ae7991dbf6

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2026-08-31

Date Updated: 2026-09-01

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Two major healthcare companies reported separate cybersecurity incidents: Boston Scientific is experiencing an ongoing on‑premises intrusion that has disrupted manufacturing, shipping and the remote monitoring capability for newly implanted cardiac devices; McKesson confirmed unauthorized access to third‑party applications after the ShinyHunters group claimed to have stolen millions of patient records from Snowflake and Salesforce via voice‑phishing and demanded payment.

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